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Tom Basinski
About the Chula
Vista Police Department The Chula Vista Police Department is organized into four divisions: Administrative Services Division;
Patrol Operations Division; Investigations Division; and, Fiscal Operations/Research Division.
The Administrative Services Division
of the Chula Vista Police Department consists of the Professional Standards Unit, Police Support Services, Crime Lab, Public
Information, Community Relations and the City Jail. The Investigations Division consists of numerous units whose officers,
detectives and civilians, with the exception of the School Resource Unit, work predominately plain-clothes assignments. Its
units include Investigations, Crimes of Violence, Special Investigations and associated task forces, Family Protection, Property
Crimes and School Resource Officers. Fiscal Operations/Research Division, commanded by a civilian manager, consists of the
Budget and Analysis Unit as well as the Research and Analysis Unit.
The Patrol Operations Division consists
of Patrol, Traffic, DUI Enforcement, S.T.O.P. Program, Street/Gang Team, Technology and Communications. According to the Chula
Vista Police Department, “The Patrol Division provides quality law enforcement to the residents and visitors to the
City of Chula Vista 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This uniformed division embraces the concept of Community Oriented Policing
and strives to further enhance it's partnership with the community. Patrol division officers work 10-hour days, 4 days
a week.
Supplementing the individual officers
beat knowledge is the Tough On Crime (TOC) program. TOC develops information from the Crime Analysis Unit as well as information
from Officers and Detectives, and then utilizes crime-mapping techniques to depict a picture of what is happening throughout
the city in a simple and concise manner. This information allows Officers to be more aware of crime within the city and assists
officers and supervisors in making informed patrol decisions.”
Source:chulavistaca.gov
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